Dissertations / Theses on the topic 'Static Synchronous Series Compensator (SSSC)'

In order to identify the weakest bus in a power system so that the Unified Power Flow Controller could be connected, an investigation of static and dynamic voltage stability is presented. Two stability indices, static and dynamic, have been proposed in the thesis. Multi-Input Multi-Output (MIMO) analysis has been used for the dynamic stability analysis. Results based on the Western System Coordinate Council (WSCC) 3-machine, 9-bus test system and IEEE 14 bus Reliability Test System (RTS) shows that these indices detect with the degree of accuracy the weakest bus, the weakest line and the voltage stability margin in the test system before suffering from voltage collapse. Recently, Flexible Alternating Current Transmission systems (FACTs) have become significant due to the need to strengthen existing power systems. The UPFC has been identified in literature as the most comprehensive and complex FACTs equipment that has emerged for the control and optimization of power flow in AC transmission systems. Significant research has been done on the UPFC. However, the extent of UPFC capability, connected to the weakest bus in maintaining the power flows under fault conditions, not only in the line where it is installed, but also in adjacent parallel lines, remains to be studied. In the literature, it has normally been assumed the UPFC is disconnected during a fault period. In this investigation it has been shown that fault conditions can affect the UPFC significantly, even if it occurred on far buses of the power system. This forms the main contribution presented in this thesis. The impact of UPFC in minimizing the disturbances in voltages, currents and power flows under fault conditions are investigated. The WSCC 3-machine, 9-bus test system is used to investigate the effect of an unsymmetrical fault type and position on the operation of UPFC controller in accordance to the G59 protection, stability and regulation. Results show that it is necessary to disconnect the UPFC controller from the power system during unsymmetrical fault conditions.<br>Libyan Government

In order to identify the weakest bus in a power system so that the Unified Power Flow Controller could be connected, an investigation of static and dynamic voltage stability is presented. Two stability indices, static and dynamic, have been proposed in the thesis. Multi-Input Multi-Output (MIMO) analysis has been used for the dynamic stability analysis. Results based on the Western System Coordinate Council (WSCC) 3-machine, 9-bus test system and IEEE 14 bus Reliability Test System (RTS) shows that these indices detect with the degree of accuracy the weakest bus, the weakest line and the voltage stability margin in the test system before suffering from voltage collapse. Recently, Flexible Alternating Current Transmission systems (FACTs) have become significant due to the need to strengthen existing power systems. The UPFC has been identified in literature as the most comprehensive and complex FACTs equipment that has emerged for the control and optimization of power flow in AC transmission systems. Significant research has been done on the UPFC. However, the extent of UPFC capability, connected to the weakest bus in maintaining the power flows under fault conditions, not only in the line where it is installed, but also in adjacent parallel lines, remains to be studied. In the literature, it has normally been assumed the UPFC is disconnected during a fault period. In this investigation it has been shown that fault conditions can affect the UPFC significantly, even if it occurred on far buses of the power system. This forms the main contribution presented in this thesis. The impact of UPFC in minimizing the disturbances in voltages, currents and power flows under fault conditions are investigated. The WSCC 3-machine, 9-bus test system is used to investigate the effect of an unsymmetrical fault type and position on the operation of UPFC controller in accordance to the G59 protection, stability and regulation. Results show that it is necessary to disconnect the UPFC controller from the power system during unsymmetrical fault conditions.

This thesis investigates the impact of harmonics as a power quality issue on the dynamic behaviour of the power systems. The effectiveness of the power system stabilizers in distorted conditions is also investigated. This thesis consists of three parts as follows:The first part focuses on the operation of the power system under distorted conditions. The conventional model of a synchronous generator in the dq-frame of reference is modified to include the impact of time and space harmonics. To do this, the synchronous generator is first modelled in the harmonic domain. This model helps in calculating the additional parts of the generator fundamental components due to the harmonics. Then the Park transformation is used for calculating the modified fundamental components of the synchronous generator in dq axes. The modified generator rotor angle due to the presence of harmonics is calculated and the impact of damper windings under the influence of harmonics is investigated. This model is used to study the small-signal stability of a distorted Single Machine Infinite Bus (SMIB) system. The eigenvalue analysis method is employed and the system state space equations are calculated by linearizing the differential equations around the operating point using an analytical method. The simulation results are presented for a distorted SMIB system under the influence of different harmonic levels. The impact of damper windings and also harmonics phase angles are also investigated.In the second part of the thesis, the effectiveness of the power system damping controllers under distorted conditions is studied. This investigation is done based on a distorted SMIB system installed with a Static Synchronous Series Compensator (SSSC). In the first step, the system state space equations are derived. A Power Oscillation Damping (POD) controller with a conventional structure is installed on the SSSC to improve the system dynamic behaviour. A genetic-fuzzy algorithm is proposed for tuning the POD parameters. This method along with the observability matrix is employed to design a POD controller under sinusoidal and distorted conditions. The impact of harmonics on the effectiveness of the POD controller under distorted conditions is investigated.In the last part, the steady state and dynamic operation of an actual distributed generation system under sinusoidal and distorted conditions are studied. A decoupled harmonic power flow program is employed for steady state analysis. The nonlinear loads are modelled as decoupled harmonic current sources and the nonlinear model of synchronous generator in harmonic domain is used to calculate the injected current harmonics. For the system dynamic stability study, the power system toolbox with the modified model of the synchronous generator is used. The system eigenvalues are calculated and the effectiveness of the installed Power System Stabilisers (PSS) is investigated under sinusoidal and distorted conditions. Simulation results show that in order to guarantee the effectiveness of a PSS in distorted conditions, it is necessary to consider the harmonics in tuning its parameters.

Submitted by Renata Lopes (renatasil82@gmail.com) on 2017-04-19T19:42:59Z No. of bitstreams: 1 danielsalomaosilva.pdf: 1815639 bytes, checksum: 1ac9991f1cfff85fc90c22c80f5ccaf4 (MD5)<br>Approved for entry into archive by Adriana Oliveira (adriana.oliveira@ufjf.edu.br) on 2017-04-20T13:12:33Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 danielsalomaosilva.pdf: 1815639 bytes, checksum: 1ac9991f1cfff85fc90c22c80f5ccaf4 (MD5)<br>Made available in DSpace on 2017-04-20T13:12:33Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 danielsalomaosilva.pdf: 1815639 bytes, checksum: 1ac9991f1cfff85fc90c22c80f5ccaf4 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-09-01<br>O Compensador Série Síncrono Estático (SSSC – Static Synchronous Series Compensator) é um controlador FACTS (Flexible AC Transmission Systems) proposto na literatura para controlar o fluxo de potência pelas linhas de transmissão a corrente alternada. O SSSC é um compensador de potência reativa baseado em conversores eletrônicos de potência de alta capacidade ligados em série com as linhas de transmissão. Neste trabalho são utilizados conversores fonte de tensão (do inglês, VSC – Voltage Source Converters) multiníveis em cascata assimétrica, ligados ao sistema elétrico sem transformadores. O uso do SSSC aumenta as margens de estabilidade, a controlabilidade e a capacidade de transferência de potência de um sistema elétrico. Como a tensão sintetizada pelo SSSC está em quadratura com a corrente pela linha, pode-se utilizá-lo para emular uma reatância série, impor uma tensão ou injetar/absorver potência reativa em série com a linha de transmissão compensada. Neste trabalho são estudados cinco diferentes algoritmos para controlar as tensões geradas pelo SSSC. Resultados de simulações digitais são utilizados para verificar o desempenho de cada algoritmo implementado.<br>The Static Synchronous Series Compensator (SSSC) is a FACTS (Flexible AC Transmission Systems) controller proposed in the literature to control the power flow through the transmission power lines. The SSSC is a series connected compensator based on static power electronics converters. In this work, three single-phase asymmetrical cascaded multilevel voltage source converters (VSC) are used, connected to the electric power system without transformers. The use of SSSC increases the stability limit, the controllability and the transfer power capacity of electric power systems. Since the voltage synthesized by SSSC is in quadrature with line current, it can be used to emulate a series reactance, to synthesize a voltage or to inject/absorb reactive power in series with the compensated transmission line. Five different control algorithms are investigated to control the output voltages of the SSSC. Digital simulation results are used to demonstrate the effectiveness of each control strategy.

Power flow (PF) control can increase the utilization of the transmission system and connect lower cost generation with load. While PF controllers have demonstrated the ability to realize dynamic PF control for more than 25 years, PF control has been sparsely implemented. This research re-examines PF control in light of the recent development of fractionally-rated PF controllers and the incremental power flow (IPF) control concept. IPF control is the transfer of an incremental quantity of power from a specified source bus to specified destination bus along a specified path without influencing power flows on circuits outside of the path. The objectives of the research are to develop power system operation and planning methods compatible with IPF control, test the technical viability of IPF control, develop transmission planning frameworks leveraging PF and IPF control, develop power system operation and planning tools compatible with PF control, and quantify the impacts of PF and IPF control on multi-decade transmission planning. The results suggest that planning and operation of the power system are feasible with PF controllers and may lead to cost savings. The proposed planning frameworks may incent transmission investment and be compatible with the existing transmission planning process. If the results of the planning tool demonstration scale to the national level, the annual savings in electricity expenditures would be $13 billion per year (2010$). The proposed incremental packetized energy concept may facilitate a reduction in the environmental impact of energy consumption and lead to additional cost savings.

Dans ce travail, la stabilité transitoire et l'amortissement des oscillations dans les réseaux électriques sont améliorés en utilisant la commande en ligne du SMES (Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage) et du SSSC (Static Synchronous Series Compensator). Les commandes proposées sont basées sur la théorie de la logique floue. Dans le cas du SSSC, elle est associée à la fonction d'énergie transitoire. Nous avons également associé une loi de type mode glissant pour éliminer le lien hors ligne entre la commande du SMES et le centre de contrôle des réseaux. Ceci permet un maintien du fonctionnement du régulateur en l'absence de phase d'apprentissage. Le SMES et le SSSC sont connectés à un point intermédiaire d'une longue ligne qui relie deux parties du réseau. Une réalisation pratique du régulateur à été étudié et les mesures nécessaires pour la commande peuvent s'obtenir à partir du noeud auquel est connecté le régulateur. Afin de valider les commandes proposées, elles ont été implantées en simulation sur deux exemples de réseaux : un réseau comportant une ligne et le réseau de New England. Les résultats obtenus montrent une amélioration considérable du temps critique d'élimination du défaut ainsi que l'amortissement des oscillations après le défaut. Notre méthode a également apporté une augmentation de la capacité de transfert correspondant aux lignes de transmission

With limited enhancement or expansion of the transmission infrastructure, the contemporary power systems are operating under more stressed conditions. It becomes important to fully utilize the existing transmission system to supply load demand as much as possible, thus eliminating or reducing the need for new transmission investment. Flexible AC Transmission System (FACTS) technology provides an alternative to fully utilize the existing transmission lines as well as new and upgraded lines, by controlling power and also enhancing the power transfer capability of transmission lines. However, the implementation of FACTS controllers in the transmission system has introduced new power system dynamics that must be addressed in the area of power system protection, such as rapid changes in line impedance, power angle, line currents, transients introduced by the occurrence of fault and associated control action of the FACTS controller. Therefore, the performance of the protection system must be carefully analyzed in the presence of FACTS controllers. The thesis aims at evaluating the performance of distance relays when different types of FACTS controllers, in particular Voltage Source Converter (VSC) based FACTS controllers, are incorporated at the midpoint of the transmission system to achieve voltage profile improvement and power transfer capability. The detailed models of these controllers and their control strategies are described. The presence of FACTS controllers in the loop affects both steady state and transient components of voltage and current signals. The rapid response of FACTS controllers to different power system configurations significantly affects the apparent impedance seen by distance relays. The apparent impedance seen by distance relays would be different from that of the system without FACTS controller. Due to this, the distance relay may malfunction, resulting in unreliable operation of the power system during faults. Furthermore, the effect of FACTS controllers on distance relay operation depends on the type of FACTS controller used, the application for which it has been installed and its location in the power system. The distance relay is evaluated for different loading conditions and for various fault conditions. Simulation studies are carried out using PSCAD/EMTDC based transient simulation package.

With limited enhancement or expansion of the transmission infrastructure, the contemporary power systems are operating under more stressed conditions. It becomes important to fully utilize the existing transmission system to supply load demand as much as possible, thus eliminating or reducing the need for new transmission investment. Flexible AC Transmission System (FACTS) technology provides an alternative to fully utilize the existing transmission lines as well as new and upgraded lines, by controlling power and also enhancing the power transfer capability of transmission lines. However, the implementation of FACTS controllers in the transmission system has introduced new power system dynamics that must be addressed in the area of power system protection, such as rapid changes in line impedance, power angle, line currents, transients introduced by the occurrence of fault and associated control action of the FACTS controller. Therefore, the performance of the protection system must be carefully analyzed in the presence of FACTS controllers. The thesis aims at evaluating the performance of distance relays when different types of FACTS controllers, in particular Voltage Source Converter (VSC) based FACTS controllers, are incorporated at the midpoint of the transmission system to achieve voltage profile improvement and power transfer capability. The detailed models of these controllers and their control strategies are described. The presence of FACTS controllers in the loop affects both steady state and transient components of voltage and current signals. The rapid response of FACTS controllers to different power system configurations significantly affects the apparent impedance seen by distance relays. The apparent impedance seen by distance relays would be different from that of the system without FACTS controller. Due to this, the distance relay may malfunction, resulting in unreliable operation of the power system during faults. Furthermore, the effect of FACTS controllers on distance relay operation depends on the type of FACTS controller used, the application for which it has been installed and its location in the power system. The distance relay is evaluated for different loading conditions and for various fault conditions. Simulation studies are carried out using PSCAD/EMTDC based transient simulation package.

碩士<br>國立成功大學<br>電機工程學系碩博士班<br>101<br>This thesis presents the damping of subsynchronous resonance (SSR) of the IEEE Second Benchmark Model, System #1 using a static synchronous series compensator (SSSC). The integrated system mathematical model is expressed in d-q reference frame under three-phase balanced condition. To achieve better damping performance on damping SSR of the studied system, a proper oscillation damping controller (ODC) is designed by using pole-assignment approach based on modal control theory. Steady-state analysis under different operating conditions is performed to verify the effectiveness of the SSSC joined with the designed ODC using eigenvalue analysis. Comparative time-domain simulations between the system without and with the proposed SSSC joined with the ODC reveals that the proposed SSSC with the designed ODC can suppress SSR of the studied system effectively. It can be concluded from the simulation results that the proposed SSSC coordinated with the designed ODC can significantly damp SSR under various operating conditions.

碩士<br>國立中山大學<br>電機工程學系研究所<br>96<br>The static synchronous series compensator (SSSC) is a series controller of Flexible AC Transmission Systems (FACTS). It can be controlled by Thyristors, it also has the ability of fast control adjustments and high frequency operation. Through impedance compensation, it is able to control the magnitude and directions of the real power flow in the transmission system. In order to achieve a fast and steady response for real power control in power systems, this thesis proposed a unified intelligent controller, which consists of RBFNN and GA for the SSSC to provide better control features for real power control in the dynamic operations of power systems. Finally, the simulation results of the proposed controllers is compared with the conventional proportional plus integral (PI) controllers to demonstrate the superiority and effectiveness of the unified intelligent controller.